Party for the transformation of Honduras
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The Party for the transformation of Honduras (in Spanish
: Partido para la Transformación de Honduras) is a political party
in Honduras
. PTH was earlier known as Partido Comunista Marxista-Leninista de Honduras (Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Honduras).
PCMLH was founded in 1967 as a pro-Chinese
break-away from Partido Comunista de Honduras. PCMLH was an illegal party, working mainly in students and peasants movements.
In 1992 PTH joined the Democratic Unification Party
(UD). PTH does however, as the only one the four founders of UD, maintain a separate party structure within UD. PTH is active within the tendency Convergencia Popular.
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
: Partido para la Transformación de Honduras) is a political party
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...
in Honduras
Honduras
Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...
. PTH was earlier known as Partido Comunista Marxista-Leninista de Honduras (Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Honduras).
PCMLH was founded in 1967 as a pro-Chinese
Maoism
Maoism, also known as the Mao Zedong Thought , is claimed by Maoists as an anti-Revisionist form of Marxist communist theory, derived from the teachings of the Chinese political leader Mao Zedong . Developed during the 1950s and 1960s, it was widely applied as the political and military guiding...
break-away from Partido Comunista de Honduras. PCMLH was an illegal party, working mainly in students and peasants movements.
In 1992 PTH joined the Democratic Unification Party
Democratic Unification Party
The Democratic Unification Party is a left-wing political party in Honduras. PUD was founded on 29 September 1992 by the merger of four leftist clandestine or semiclandestine political parties, in the context of the changed political situation in Central America at that period, following the end...
(UD). PTH does however, as the only one the four founders of UD, maintain a separate party structure within UD. PTH is active within the tendency Convergencia Popular.